Buffalo Lake Opening Spurs New Era on the Plains
The Buffalo Lake dedication drew 50 000 residents and signals a wider lake network in the Panhandle. Officials urge funding for WPA lake projects, with Lake Marvin Jones to be unveiled June 18 and 17 more sites planned under Soil Conservation Service oversight.
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Panhandle
Buffalo Lake
High Plains
Great American Desert
Marvin Jones
Canadian
Panhandle Water Conservation Authority
Southwest
Jones
Panhandle Authority
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
H. H. Bennett
Bennett
Plains
Buffalo Lake dedication draws high praise from officials
Four prominent leaders including H H Bennett H H Finnell Bob Russell and Pat Flynn praised the Buffalo Lake opening in the Panhandle as a great community event. Finnell called it beyond expectations and Furman credited local turnout of about 40000 and community support as key to success with more openings planned for Lake Marvin near Canadian on June 18.
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Panhandle
Buffalo Lake
H. H. Bennett
H. H. Finnell
Bob Russell
Pat Flynn
Soil Conservation Service
al Furman
SCS
Plains
Tealiy
Dr. Bennett
Washington
Mr. Furman
Walter Irvin
Furman
Lake Marvin
Canadian
Jack Lawrence
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
The
Boyouts
Hope Fades for Baby Clipper Transatlantic Flight
Officials at Croydon airport abandoned hope of sighting Thomas H. Smith in a 670 pound single engine midget plane named Baby Clipper after 42 hours aloft from Old Orchard Beach Maine. The attempt, seen as madness by critics, ended with the boundary lights snapped off and no confirmed contact.
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London
Croydon
Thomas H. Smith
Amarillo
Scotland
Saint Bees Head
Cumberland
England
Smith
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
British Press Association
Irish Sea
Coast Guard
Spanish bungalow named dream home entrant
Fern Landers of 1502 Jefferson Street describes her ideal home a south facing Spanish bungalow set in a grove with a central patio. She details cement block foundation insulated walls white brick outer walls a sub soil drain and blue white color schemes in living and dining spaces plus built in kitchen features and pantry plans. The description ends mid sentence with a continuation note.
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Fern Landers
Jefferson Street
June Crude Runs Curtailed Across Texas Fields
Texas oil fields end Saturday production and Sunday closures as ordered by the railroad commission. Chairman Lon A. Smith says the move reflects new information and altered conditions. May 27 weekly Texas production averaged 1,496,250 barrels daily with Saturday included, vs 1,279,000 the prior week without Saturday. Federal Bureau of Mines estimated May Texas demand at 1,406,100 barrels daily and 1,426,000 in June. A hearing on field conditions is set for June 12.
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Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
Lon A. Smith
Federal Bureau of Mines
Weather for Cooling Amarillo Hardware Co Ad
Advertisement notes cooling weather and promotes Amarillo Hardware Company located at 5318 with products for summer comfort and home cooling solutions.
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Amarillo Hdw. Co
Convicts Quizzed In Cone Deaths At Perryton
Two Oregon bank robbers serving 18 years professed they killed a Texas father and his two sons near Perryton seven years ago. They described a $1,000 payoff from J. M. Cone to execute the killings, with bones later found at the burial site. They said the father was killed after pay failed to cover all children.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Perryton
Texas
W. L. McConnell
84Th
Texas Judicial District
Oscar Flowers
Ochiltree County
del Tallifero
Claude
Elmer Tenison
McConnell
J. M. Cone
J. M. Cone Jr
Vernon
Tenisons
State Parole Board
Claud Tenison
Elmer
Deschutes County
J. H. Callihan
Skeleton found tied to Cone slaying case near Perryton
Texas Rangers linked the 10 year old J M Cone Jr skeleton found February 17 to the Cone murder and the disappearance of his brothers, Vernon 6, in Lipscomb County near Perryton. The Tenison brothers in Oregon prison renewed a confession and mapped burial spots, saying Cone offered $1000 to kill the boys to enable him to leave his wife for another woman.
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Texas Rangers
Oregon
J. M. Cone
Texas Department of Public Safety
Cone Boys
Vernon
J. M. Cone, Jr
Wolf Creek
Perryton
Meredith Ranch
Lipscomb County
Claude
Elmer Tenison
Tenison Brothers
Cone
Tenisons
Rangers
Shamrock
Panhandle Bankers Convene With 300 Expected At Amarillo
At least 300 delegates and visitors are expected for the Panhandle Bankers Association thirty-fifth annual convention in Amarillo. Sessions open at 10 am in the Crystal ballroom Herring Hotel with officers election and committee appointments.
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Panhandle Bankers’ Association
Herring Hotel
M. S. Szymczak
Mem
Youth Pleads Innocent to Murder in Phoenix Case
Robert M. Burgunder Jr. pleaded innocent to one murder charge in Phoenix. Superior Judge Howard Speakman set the trial for June 19. Burgunder faces a second murder charge to be addressed in another court. The judge denied a defense demurrer before the plea.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert M. Burgunder, Jr
Howard C. Speakman
Burgunder
Speakman
Nation urged to eat more beef to aid cattle prices
Fred Olander of the National Livestock Commission in Kansas City urged Amarillo readers to boost beef consumption. He said increasing per capita meat intake by 20 pounds could lift cattle prices as northern feeders shape the coming season. He spoke at the Panhandle Bankers Association convention in Amarillo and noted U.S. meat consumption trails the 38 year average.
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Ber
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
R. R. Gilbert
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Fred Olander
National Livestock Commission
Kansas City
Roy H. Collier
Federal Reserve District
Dale Smiley
First National Bank
Amarillo
Arthur H. Ware
Amarillo National Bank
R. Thomson
Central Presbyterian Church
Texas
Ross Rogers
H. 8. Wilbur
Canadian
John K. Crews
Hale County State Bank
Plainview
W. Dale Smiley
The
First
National Livestock Commission of
Plaina
Corn Belt
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Olander
United States
U.S
Argentina
Australia
Garden Shooting Leaves Ex-Wife Dead in Plainview
Witnesses report Ernest Williams 36 of Lockney shot his ex wife Bessie Mae Smith 37 in her garden behind her Plainview home. Williams fled in a 1934 Ford V-8 with no plates as officers from nearby counties joined the search.
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Plainview
Ernest Williams
Lockney
Williams
Bessie Mae Smith
Lula Ledbetter
Virgil
Ada Settle
Mrs. Smith
Thurman Price
Lois Burk
Arizona to Create State Navy For Colorado River Survey
Gov. Bob Jones announced that Arizona will form a state navy. The Arizona Colorado River commission will soon invite bids to build a survey boat for river navigation and stream surveys.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Bob Jones
Arizona Colorado River Commission
Colorado
Army custom wedding parade for Conchas Dam official
Captain Hans Kramer district engineer at Conchas Dam returns with his bride to the army post receiving line and a reception parade by the entire post population. The couple will ride a remarkable conveyance as the regimental band leads the procession through the reservation for onlookers.
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Conchas Dam
Hans Kramer
Captain Kramer
Memorial Day Rites For World War Dead In Amarillo
Veterans in Amarillo honor World War I and later casualties with services at Llano Cemetery and Memorial Park. Graves of 137 World War I veterans will be decorated. Events begin 3 PM at Llano, 4 PM at Memorial Park, with addresses by Rev H Clyde Smith and Luther Roberts. Banks and post office closed. a 300 child special train to Canyon for a church picnic accompanies the day.
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Memorial Park
H. Clyde Smith
San Jacinto Methodist Church
Llano Cemetery
Joe Omler
Amarillo
Lloyd Roberson
W. D. Grantham
Paul Ellis
Milton Cox
Buddy
Floyd Sloan
Hanson
D. Roach
Clay Thornton
S. F. Rose
Guy P. Miller
Maynard Drake
C. A. Clark
Hanson Post
Luther Roberts
Church of Christ
Guy Saunders
Canyon
Santa Fe
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Port Patrick
Wigtownshire
Bankers of Area
South Plains
Navy
Legion
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